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John Warrington Van Tongeren is an American keyboardist and music composer, mainly for films and television series. == Biography == Van Tongeren began his film scoring career as one of the original members of Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions). During his time at Media Ventures Van Tongeren worked on films such as ''Thelma & Louise'', ''True Romance'' and ''Drop Zone'' with Hans Zimmer. He also collaborated with Mark Mancina on ''Speed'', ''Moll Flanders'', ''Fair Game'', ''Assassins'' and ''Twister''. Van Tongeren then began to compose music for television series, including ''Poltergeist: The Legacy'' and the nineties revival of ''The Outer Limits'', which he won awards for. Van Tongeren again collaborated with Mancina on the ''Speed'' sequel, ''Speed 2: Cruise Control'', and then worked with Trevor Rabin on the 1998 film ''Armageddon''. Outside of film and television Van Tongeren was asked to compose three orchestral interludes and contribute production for the late Jazz drummer Tony Williams' 1996 album ''Wilderness''. Van Tongeren has also worked with Chicago, Robbie Nevil, John Parr, Starship, ''Jeff Beck'', ''Quincy Jones'' and Al Jarreau. Van Tongeren works out of The Blue Room, a recording studio in Los Angeles. In the 2000s Van Tongeren continued working on film scores, such as ''xXx'' and ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' with Randy Edelman, ''The Passion of the Christ'' with John Debney, ''Miss Congeniality 2'' and the Disney films ''The Cheetah Girls'' and ''Princess Protection Program''. He also scored more sci-fi television series including ''The 4400'', for which he won the BMI award. His songwriting has led to platinum CDs for ''Rhythm of the Pride Lands'' - Disney, and ''The Cheetah Girls'', as well as the Top Ten hit single for Starship, ''It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)'' and 3 songs on the ''Wall-E Inspired by'' CD. 2010 saw projects including ''Iron Man 2'' and ''Predators'' with John Debney and movies for Nickelodeon and Disney. John also wrote and produced songs on Disney's ''Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure'' and ''Bayou Boogie: Inspired by Princess & the Frog''. 2014, John is scoring the redux of the classic ''Tom and Jerry Show'' for WB, airing on the Cartoon Network. Staying true to the style of the original cartoons from the 40's and 50's, the series has John writing in a mix of orchestral and old school big band styles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Van Tongeren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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